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Beardless Man in a Fur Cloak and Cap: Bust

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, reworked by a Pupil
1606-1669

Beardless Man in a Fur Cloak and Cap: Bust

1631
Etching and engraving on paper.
74 x 58 mm
RvR 425
NHD number
NHD 102, III
Notes
Watermark: None.
Etching by Rembrandt only known in later states reworked by a pupil.
Margins: top of 15 mm, at the sides 20-25 mm, and at the bottom and irregular margin of 15-18 mm
Probably reworked by Van Vliet. (White and Boon)
Rembrandt and Van Vliet (see Schuckman et al. 1996, no. 24b).
Tip of nose shaded; shape of hat altered. (White and Boon)
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed in monogram and dated upper left, "RHL 163" (double signature, the first faintly visible above the other is probably Rembrandt's).
Provenance

Purchased from Kennedy & Co., in May 1925.

Bibliography

Schuckman, Christiaan, et al. Rembrandt & Van Vliet : a collaboration on copper. Amsterdam : Museum het Rembrandthuis-Rembrandt Information Centre, 1996, no. 24b.

Classification
Department
Century prints
School